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Rapidshare Future In Danger - German Court Orders File-Hoster To Remove Copyrighted Content Proactively
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 05:11.
In an on-going legal battle with GEMA, Rapidshare received an huge blow when a German court ruled that Rapidshare.Com is not doing enough to stop uploading of copyrighted content on their servers, The court said that the steps taken by Rapidshare using MD5 Hash based content filtering to block previously removed material is not enough and can easily be bypassed changing a few bytes by adding/removing/altering the file contents, the court also said that the company has to "proactively check content before publishing it", according to the court ruling Rapidshare should also log and check IP numbers of potential copyright infringers.
Without a viable business model after removing copyrighted content, Rapidshare might face shutdown as there is no Safe Harbor provision in German copyright laws similar to the DMCA, which protects them from liability as long as they remove the infringing content after being notified with a takedown notice.
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This sucks..kinda... but
This sucks..kinda...
but f*** rapidshare..
thats what happens when you put high caps on download speeds..
and make people wait 100 seconds b4 you can download things..
Shut that shit down..
-Omega Blaze
rapidshare!
if you cant afford the money they ask, just dont use it! this doesnt mean that they have to shut it down! rapidshare is a European service provider, and as you "may" know we dont belong to the Usa, and your STUPID LAWS dont apply here! this is a free continent!
have a nice day!
Don't forget..
A lot of people in Germany, France and other European countries can't use P2P software easily.. so rapidshare is their only way of getting warez.
Rapidshare reduces service to 80gb/mth limit
Actually, I don't sympathize with Rapidshare one bit. On October 23, they reduced their service levels by 75% from 10gb/day to 2.7gb/day and are still charging the same price. Previously, you could potentially have downloaded up to 310gb/mth. Now, you can only download a maximum of 80gb/mth.
I won't use their services
I won't use their services anymore. They are deceiving people. It's them who makes monies of the illegal content uploaded to their servers. Hope they get closed down.
Big deal
We'll just move on to the next big thing.
BTW, what is the next big thing?
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I' m for Rapidshare
No matter what you all say, especially the american moron (shut up you american gangster - here is Europe), Rapidshare is good.
You pay a little - you take too much.
In case you want everything for free you are a scum.
You don't want to pay for the burglars, i.e. the Music Industrie, who charges 25 E for a CD with 10 insipid songs. OK.
You don't want to pay instead these 25 E for getting thousands of songs and movies from Rapidshare.
Then who TF you think you are?
Do you, yourself, work unsalaried?
Do you accept going working for nothing?
Rapidshare gives you the right to download FREELY copyrighted material.
You have just to wait 45 secs for this. So what?
All the talk comes from utterly spoiled children who have got used with idea that everything in life is for free.
Well, boys, NO.
Someone pays for your own lunches - now it's your daddy.
Respect other people's work.
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